baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent GB-2517676-A (GB)
Title: Holder and mount
Inventor: AIERS REUBEN THOMAS DANIEL LAWRENCE KETTLE
IPC: B65D51/16
Filed: 2013-06-06
Abstract: A holder is provided for supporting a device such as a syringe. In particular, the invention relates to a syringe holder and a mount for attachment to the holder to enable the holder to be mounted to an object or person. The mount may have a mount body C, a first attachment portion A which is rotatable relative to the mount and attaches the mount to the syringe, and a second attachment portion D comprising a releasable elongate member for attaching the mount to a device. Preferably the elongate member is a lanyard for use around a caregivers neck. A valve for sealing a syringe is also provided for use with the syringe and is situated in the syringe holder. The valve (B, see figure 4) has a body B3 which forms a seal against the inside of the syringe, an inner cavity in fluid communication the syringe body, a sealable opening B2d and a deformable portion B2, whereby in use deforming the valve may pressurise the inner cavity and hence force fluid out of the syringe.
Patent GB-2502733-A (GB)
Title: Reverse osmosis water treatment system
Inventor: WHITE ADRIAN EDWIN
IPC: B01D61/02
Filed: 2013-08-30
Abstract: A water treatment system has a filter means including a reverse osmosis filter 12, a pump for pumping water to the filter and a drive 16 for driving a pump. The drive is able to be powered by a human and comprises a flywheel (26, Fig. 2). The system is configured to process water containing dissolved solids to provide potable water. The system may pump water to the filter means at a pressure of at least 60 bar. The system may output up to at least 450 litres of potable water per day. To drive the system pedal means (20, Fig. 6) can be used. The filter means may comprise a first filter 6 and a second filter, wherein the second filter may include a reverse osmosis filter. The system includes an energy recovery device 34 in the form of a rotary vane device or a Clarke pump.
Patent GB-2507645-A (GB)
Title: Collet and nose jaw assembly for swaging fasteners
Inventor: DAVEY VICTOR EDWARD
IPC: B21J15/30
Filed: 2013-09-12
Abstract: A single piece collet for fastener installation tools comprises axial slots 116 defining arms120 with internal lips 122 which together define a pulling jaw. The arms are movable between an open position for receiving a pin tail (8, Figure 6a) of a fastener and a closed position in which the lips may locate into a pin tail pull groove (6). Preferably, the collet comprises hardened and tempered high-tensile steel, each slot has a radius on its inner end and the arms are biased open. When the collet is drawn into a minor bore of an anvil a tapered portion forces its arms inwards so that the lips locate into the groove (6) of the pin tail, and further movement of the collet draws the pin tail and the anvil swages a collar (4) of the fastener. On its return stroke an angled surface of the collet lips contacts a complimentary surface of the pin tail groove to force the pin tail and swaged collar out of the anvil, and the collet is biased open to release it from the fastener. The collet may protrude from the anvil mouth but not beyond a lip (13, figure 3b) so that it is protected by the lip.
Patent GB-2518628-A (GB)
Title: Drive arrangement
Inventor: WHATTON ROLLY
IPC: A01G9/24
Filed: 2013-09-26
Abstract: A drive arrangement comprises a support arm 26 pivotally mounted to a support structure 18, a drive mechanism 24 mounted upon the support arm 26 at a fixed position along the length thereof, the drive mechanism 24 having a drive output, and an output shaft 30 connected to the drive output by way of a universal joint 28. Preferably the arrangement is used for opening vents on polytunnels or greenhouses wherein the support structure carries a flap of flexible material and a roller tube is connected to a free end of the flap and the drive arrangement is operable to drive the roller tube for rotation
Patent GB-2519118-A (GB)
Title: Web page reload
Inventor: OUDOT OLIVIER
IPC: G06Q30/06
Filed: 2013-10-10
Abstract: A web server component is provided for verifying a web service request originating from a web page. The aim of the invention is to overcome the problem of conflicting reloads of a web server page which can cause undesired results such as duplicate web purchases. The web server component comprises a matcher for matching the web service request with a web service, an identifier for identifying a sequence ID contained in the request, and a verifier for verifying the web service request. The web service request is verified if the identified sequence ID does not correspond with a previous sequence ID for the matched web service, whereby the web service does not verify the same web service request twice. Also provided is a web server component for creating pages, comprising a code generator for embedding one or more restricted user controls in a page associated with a sequence ID generator, whereby any web request from a restricted user control will include a sequence ID generated by the sequence ID generator.
Patent GB-2505823-A (GB)
Title: Adaptive multi-bit error correction in endurance limited memories
Inventor: RIVERS JUDE A
IPC: G06F11/10
Filed: 2012-04-11
Abstract: Multi-bit stuck-at fault error recovery can be enabled by adaptive multi-bit error correction method, in which the overhead of error correction hardware is reduced without affecting the lifetime of the memory device. Error correction logic hardware is decoupled from memory blocks. An error correction logic block is partitioned such that error correction logic entries support different number of error correction capabilities based on the probability of occurrence of the different number of errors in different memory blocks. Faulty memory blocks are mapped to appropriate error correction logic entries. The mapping can be one-to-one or many-to-one depending on embodiments. The adaptive partitioning of the error correction logic entries can be configured to match projected statistical distribution of errors in logic blocks, and can reduce the total error correction logic overhead, provide sufficient error correction, and/or extend the lifetime of the memory device.
Patent GB-2507938-A (GB)
Title: A child-resistant closure
Inventor: FOX JAMIE
IPC: B65D47/08
Filed: 2012-05-14
Abstract: A child-resistant closure (10) is provided and comprises a body with a sidewall (25) and including locking means (81, 86). The sidewall has one or more pressing pads (80, 85) for releasing the locking means. The or each pad is supported on the sidewall by force insulating links (93) which restrict lateral spreading of forces into the sidewall during inward deflection of the pad.
Patent GB-2537578-A (GB)
Title: Poultice Applicator
Inventor: HIDEO UENO
IPC: A61M35/00
Filed: 2014-02-07
Abstract: [Problem] To provide a poultice applicator, wherein a plurality of disposable sheets formed of a rubber sponge, cloth or resin or disposable porous films are preliminarily attached to the poultice applicator and, after using, used rubber sponge, cloth or resin sheets or used porous films are successively removed so that a medicine can be applied to the skin each time using a new rubber sponge, cloth or resin sheet or a new porous film. [Solution] A poultice applicator that contains, for example, an analgesic antiphlogistic poultice or an antipruritic antiphlogistic poultice to be applied to the human skin enclosed therein and has a conventionally used rubber sponge, cloth, resin or porous film attached thereto, characterized in that the conventionally used rubber sponge, cloth or resin is covered with a plurality of disposable sheets formed of a rubber sponge, cloth or resin or disposable porous films.
Patent GB-2516740-A (GB)
Title: Heat exchanger with embedded heat pipes
Inventor: KOKAS JAY W
IPC: F28F3/04
Filed: 2014-05-27
Abstract: A heat exchanger comprises a primary surface 13 having a plurality of pins 14 arranged thereon, and at a least a portion of the pins being hollow. The heat exchanger may comprise a plurality of adjacent brazed metal plates 12 each having an inlet and outlet aperture 18 in fluid communication. The inlet apertures of a first group of plates may be coupled to a hot fluid and inlet apertures 19 of a second group of plates may be coupled to cold fluid. The hot fluid may be fuel, oil or air and the cold fluid may be fuel, oil or air. The pins may be perpendicular or non-perpendicular to a plane of the plates, and they may define heat pipes (24, fig 4) with wicking material (26) arranged within whereby the exterior of the pins define a secondary surface. A heat transfer fluid (water, propylene glycol, halocarbon, molten salt) may partially fill each heat pipe. The plates may be formed in a stack with pins of adjacent plates being aligned (fig 4). The heat pipes may be hermetically sealed. Alternatively, the heat exchanger may be a tube type with pins extending radially therefrom.
Patent GB-2532794-A (GB)
Title: Versatile electroacoustic diffuser-absorber
Inventor: ETIENNE RIVET
IPC: H04R3/00
Filed: 2014-11-28
Abstract: An electroacoustic absorber-diffuser for use in a space such as a recording studio comprises: an electrodynamic loudspeaker comprising a diaphragm and a voice coil. The loudspeaker is mounted on an enclosure such as a baffle. Means, such as a microphone, monitors the total sound pressure acting on the active face of the loudspeaker diaphragm and produces a monitoring signal. An electrical circuit is connected to the voice coil, and comprises: a first filter which generates a first output signal by filtering the monitoring signal by a first transfer function: where Bl is a force factor of an electro-mechanical coupling of the loudspeaker, Sd is an area of the diaphragm, Zm is a mechanical impedance of the loudspeaker, and Zat is a frequency dependent specific target acoustic impedance. A second filter generates a second output signal by filtering a sound source signal by a second transfer function, which is: where Zar is a radiation impedance dependent on a geometry of the enclosure and the space in which the diaphragm radiates. An input voltage to the voice coil is a sum of the first and second output signals. The device may also operate as an absorber only or a diffuser only.
Patent GB-2533824-A (GB)
Title: A radio frequency power amplifier
Inventor: Mervin Haynes
IPC: H03F3/60
Filed: 2015-01-08
Abstract: A balanced RF power amplifier arrangement is described, comprising an input coupler 1, an output coupler 2, and two amplifiers 3 and 4 arranged between the input and output couplers 1 and 2. The couplers may be quadrature couplers. The amplifiers 3 and 4 may consist of single transistors. The power amplifier also comprises means to provide a signal to an isolated port 14 of the output coupler 2 in order to provide impedance matching. Preferably, the input signal is supplied to the isolated port 14 of the output coupler via an auxiliary amplifier 5. By means of this arrangement, load modulation is presented by the auxiliary amplifier 5 to port 14. This acts to modulate the impedances presented to the two amplifiers 3 and 4. The arrangement dispenses with the need for transistor matching networks at the outputs of the two amplifiers 3 and 4, which in turn enables the power amplifier to operate over a frequency range wider than that of a Doherty power amplifier.
Patent GB-2546233-A (GB)
Title: Modular microfluidic device for analytical bioassay
Inventor: HUGH MALKIN
IPC: G01N35/00
Filed: 2015-08-19
Abstract: A modular microfluidic device (MMD) for producing an analyte composition from a biological fluid sample, the device comprising a reagent module 2 (RM) comprising a reagent reservoir 4 containing a reagent and an eluent reservoir 6 containing an eluent, the reagent and eluent reservoirs being coupled to one or more RM microchannels 8, and a sample preparation module 10 (SPM) comprising a SPM microchannel adapted to couple with the RM microchannel whereby fluid continuity between SPM and RM microchannels is produced on coupling. The sample preparation module comprises (i) a sample inlet 12 for receiving said biological fluid sample, (ii) an outlet for delivering the analyte composition, (iii) a sensor component, (iv) a mixingchamber, (v) a metering chamber, (vi) an eluent chamber, (vii) a valve; and (viii) a solid phase extraction element (SPE) wherein said metering chamber is of fixed volume and shape and substantially ellipsoidal, the metering chamber having an inlet and an outlet, said inlet and/or outlet being in fluid communication with one or more microchannel(s) of the SPM.
Patent GB-2542630-A (GB)
Title: Sachet system
Inventor: PAUL ROY HAYMAN
IPC: B65D75/38
Filed: 2015-09-28
Abstract: Two similarly sized film strips overlaid with edges 4-10 sealed; a partial seal 16, 18 dividing their interior. Burstable reservoir 42, 62 in one portion 14 of the interior can release fluid to the other portion 12 of the interior. The burstable reservoir can be one or more individual sachets formed by overlaying and heat sealing 32-40 two strips where part of the seal 36 is weak and predisposed to burst. Two sachets can be bust simultaneously releasing reagents or an active ingredient and miscible carrier fluid. The mixture can be a biocide, a resin or give off heat while reacting. The outer pouch may be a transparent polymer while the inner sachets can be formed of silver foil. The sachets can be burst by manual or automatic manipulation. Ideally the ingredients are clean and sterile. The second compartment can contain wetable fabric, paper tissue or gauze; such as a dry wetwipe. An area of the outer package may be weakened to allow release of the sachets or wetable material.
Patent GB-2529957-A (GB)
Title: 2.75D meshing algorithm
Inventor: WARD STEPHEN BRYAN
IPC: G06T17/20
Filed: 2013-07-02
Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include a method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating hybrid computational meshes around complex and discrete fractures for the purpose of reservoir simulation. For example, one disclosed embodiment is a computer-implemented method for modeling three-dimensional (3D) geological fractures. The method includes receiving a set of 3D fracture surfaces with geometry that has been discretized in a two-dimensional (2D) manifold by a collection of polygons. The method defines a family of non-intersecting 2D slicing surfaces for slicing the set of 3D fracture surfaces. The method then uses the intersection of the 2D slicing surface with the 2D manifolds defining the fracture surfaces to create a set of 2D fractures on each slicing surface. Following a series of steps, the method logically connects 2D fracture cells corresponding to each fracture from each slicing surface to its above/below neighbors to simulate three-dimensional geology using two-dimensional elements.
Patent GB-2537321-A (GB)
Title: Systems and methods for controlling common mode voltage of multi-mode power converter
Inventor: ERIC KING
IPC: H03F3/217
Filed: 2015-02-03
Abstract: A switching power stage for producing an output voltage to a load may include a power converter and a controller. The power converter may include a power inductor and plurality of switches arranged to sequentially operate in a plurality of switch configurations. The controller may be configured to, based at least on an input signal to the switching power stage, determine the differential output voltage to be driven at the load, and based on the differential output voltage to be driven at the load, apply a switch configuration from the plurality of switch configurations to selectively activate or deactivate each of the plurality of switches in order to generate the differential output voltage.
Patent GB-2538210-A (GB)
Title: System and method for deployment and retrieval of seismic nodes along a carrier rope
Inventor: Ian McMillian
IPC: G01V1/38
Filed: 2015-03-03
Abstract: A system (1) for attaching a plurality of seismic nodes (110, 110a) along a main carrier rope (101). The main carrier rope is made of steel or synthetic fibre, and comprises no power or communication lines. The system has a length measuring device (210) for providing a measured length (L m ) of deployed main carrier rope (101); a data source (220, 230, 240) for providing positioning data affecting the rope position of each seismic node (110, 110a) on the main carrier rope (101); a control unit (200) for providing an attachment command whenever the measured length (L m ) corresponds to a rope position of a seismic node (110, 110a) computed from the positioning data; and a node attaching unit (100) for attaching a seismic node (110, 110a) to the main carrier rope (101) in response to the attachment command. The system is capable of attaching nodes (110) with different node spacing between some or all nodes along the main carrier rope (101). As the rope positions are determined by the measured length (L m ), the system automatically compensates for creep or stretch in the main carrier rope (101).Attaching a seismic node (110) to the main carrier rope (101) at any rope position by means of a clamping device, a suspension device and a fly line is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2546687-A (GB)
Title: Continuous score-coded pitch correction and harmony generation techniques for geographically distributed glee club
Inventor: PERRY R COOK
IPC: G10L25/12
Filed: 2011-04-12
Abstract: A vocal performance (fig 1) is continuously pitch-corrected by estimating pitch for the current block of the sampled input signal x(n), computing coefficients of an adaptive predictive coder (eg. Linear Predictive Coder LPC or Pitch Synchronous Overlap Add PSOLA )and generating a residue signal e(n) which is then temporally scaled according to the ratio between estimated and target pitch, and finally resynthesizing a pitch corrected version of the vocal performance.
Patent GB-2562520-A (GB)
Title: Digital processing connectivity
Inventor: DERRICK JOHN HAMLIN
IPC: G06F15/173
Filed: 2017-05-17
Abstract: A multiprocessor system 10 has a sequence of computing engines 20, 22. Each engine is connected to a previous and a next computing engine with previous and next addresses in a sequence via a first network 25. They may also be connected to further engines via the first network. One of the engines in a sequence of engines acts as a controlling engine for the sequence. The controlling engine distributes processing instructions to the other engines in the sequence and receives completion information from them via a second network 23. A sequence of engines controlled by one controlling engine may be divided into sub-sequences controlled by further engines. The second network may form a tree structure with leaf node addresses corresponding to the node addresses of the first network.
Patent GB-2547842-A (GB)
Title: Image processing device and method, image pickup device, program, and recording medium
Inventor: DAISUKE SUZUKI
IPC: H04N5/232
Filed: 2015-08-06
Abstract: In the present invention, in a case where a distortion-correction target region (Atc) is divided and subjected to distortion correction, the divided regions of the distortion-correction region are subjected to distortion correction to generate distortion-corrected divided region images (D3), and a plurality of the distortion-corrected divided region images (D3) are combined to generate a distortion-corrected image (D4). For each pixel of the distortion-corrected image (D4), a gain (Gp) is found in accordance with the scaling factor (MR) of the divided regions which include such pixels and of the divided regions near thereto, each gain is multiplied by a high frequency component (D6) of the pixels, and such result is added to the pixel value of the pixels of the distortion-corrected image (D4). The present invention is configured so that differences in the perceived resolution of the divided regions of the distortion-corrected image (D4) can be mitigated, and so that images with a favorable perceived resolution can be obtained.
Patent GB-2563247-A (GB)
Title: Improved temperature measurement
Inventor: JAMES EWING
IPC: G05D23/22
Filed: 2017-06-07
Abstract: Disclosed is a temperature sensing method for use in a control system for a gas turbine engine. The method enables use of a faster thermal response thermocouple in a hotter area closer to the inlet of the turbine after the combustors of the gas turbine engine by correcting the faster response thermocouple for temperature induced sensor degradation, such as drift, using a slower thermal response thermocouple, with a stable temperature response, exposed to the same environment. The method includes providing two thermocouple sensors 8, 9 in a single housing 10; the first thermocouple 8 having a first faster thermal response time and the second thermocouple 9 having a second slower thermal response time and having a stable temperature response. The output from the two thermocouples 8, 9 is compared periodically whilst they are in situ in the environment having its temperature monitored and the first thermocouple 8 is recalibrated such that its sensed temperature output matches the sensed temperature output from the second thermocouple 9. The second slower response sensor may comprise a self-calibrating thermocouple. The second slower response sensor may comprise a cooled thermocouple. A temperature sensing apparatus is also claimed, comprising a faster thermal response time temperature sensor and a slower thermal response time temperature sensor located alongside each other, the slower thermal response time temperature sensor having a stable temperature response.
Patent GB-2563923-A (GB)
Title: Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a component
Inventor: DAVID SAVINGS
IPC: C04B35/622
Filed: 2017-06-30
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a component comprising contacting a powder with a tooling comprising a main body and a removable element, which may be elongate or wedge shaped, applying a process to the powder to form the powder into a component, removing the removable element from the tooling to form a recess and inserting a separation tool into the recess to apply a force to separate the component from the main body of the tooling. The recess may be in communication with a component surface and a separation tool can be inserted into the recess to contact the surface. The component may comprise a cavity and the tooling can further comprise a buffer element. The removable element can be shaped such that the recess comprises an oblique tool contact surface. The separation tool preferably has a length longer than the length of the removable element. The tooling can be a canister for use in isostatic pressing or a base plate for laser sintering the component. An anti-stick coating can be applied to a number of the surfaces. A tooling for forming a component from a powder and an apparatus are also described.
Patent GB-2564867-A (GB)
Title: Sweeper apparatus for a working machine
Inventor: MILES PILCHER
IPC: E01H1/04
Filed: 2017-07-24
Abstract: A sweeper apparatus for attachment to a working arm of a working machine is provided. The apparatus comprises a collector having a first opening at a trailing side in a preferred direction of operation and a sweeper, which may be a rotatable brush, trailing the collector in a preferred direction of operation and configured to sweep material into the collector via the first opening. The first opening is selectively closable by a first movable closure, the first movable closure being movable between an open position and a closed position. The collector may comprise a second, selectably closable, opening on a leading side. The first and second openings may be closed by pivotable closure members. A third opening with a slidable closure may be on the leading side of the collector. The sweeper and collector may be adjustably mounted and sensors may detect their position or clearance relative to a surface to be swept. A processor may signal an actuator to bring the sweeper into a desired position.